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Zizek and Communist Strategy : On the Disavowed Foundations of Global Capitalism.

Žižek's communism: revolutionary terror or Utopian jouissance?Good theory; bad politics - this is how Žižek's works have been described. Now Chris McMillan argues that Žižek's reading of global capitalism could reinvent political subversion. He highlights the political consequen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McMillan, Chris
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Žižek's communism: revolutionary terror or Utopian jouissance?Good theory; bad politics - this is how Žižek's works have been described. Now Chris McMillan argues that Žižek's reading of global capitalism could reinvent political subversion. He highlights the political consequences of Žižek's fundamental concepts, such as the Lacanian Real, universality and the communist hypothesis. He argues that Žižek's turn to Communism represents the ultimate significance of Žižek's work for the 21st century and a marked new direction for Žižekian theory. While Žižek's work attracts a lot of labels, most of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (217 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780748646654
0748646655
9780748655489
0748655484
1299105602
9781299105607